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> I serve as a technical lead for Project Loon. That is the project that's intended to add continuations and fibers to the JDK. > However, actually, Project Lo
by twic 7y ago
> I serve as a technical lead for Project Loon. That is the project that's intended to add continuations and fibers to the JDK.
> However, actually, Project Loom, the goal of the project is to add continuations, fibers, and tail call elimination.
I'm guessing that the project is called either Loom or Loon (and i believe it's the former), but i like the idea that there are actually two cooperating projects, each of which occasionally suspends and lets the other run.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoIt's probably Loom. It's thematically connected to "fibers" and doesn't make the immediate statement that you think your own project is doomed. Neither of those is true of Loon.
- twic 7y agoDoesn't seem to have slowed the Canadians down much: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie
- Tharkun 7y agoIt is indeed Loom, you know, because a loom is used to weave threads into cloth. It's possibly also a loony project, but who am I to judge.
- rileyphone 7y agoThere is a Project Loon somewhere, it's a google attempt to deliver internet through balloons.
- brighter2morrow 7y agoMore bandwidth than Comcast
- mkobit 7y agoIt is indeed Project Loom - https://openjdk.java.net/projects/loom/ https://openjdk.java.net/projects/loom/
- vkaku 7y agoI don't mind a stack size increase if we can push for better inlining/folding :D Also, stick to one name it's easier.
- lesbaker 7y ago"Loon" is an error in transcription; if you listen to the video of the talk, he says "Loom", but with a British-sounding accent.